[I'm still on the old Debian...] J. H. M. Dassen writes: >[Q] Why are there no newlines when doing "cat /proc/self/environ"? There are \0 between each entry rather than newlines on mine. This is a kernel thing... >[Q] What's the difference between "env" and "printenv"? The man page for env(1) answers this question. -- Richard Kettlewell <URL:http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/> Work+home: <richard@elmail.co.uk> Home only: <richard@sfere.elmail.co.uk>